Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yersinia_pestis

1 sense of yersinia pestis

Sense 1
Yersinia pestis -- (a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon)
       => bacillus, B -- (aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil)